Kinks in a model for two-phase lipid bilayer membranes

In the spontaneous curvature model for two-phase lipid bilayer membranes the shape of vesicles is governed by a combination of an elastic bending energy and an interface energy that penalises the size of phase boundaries. Each lipid phase induces a preferred curvature to the membrane surface, and th...

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Main Author: Helmers, Michael
Other Authors: Niethammer, Barbara
Published: University of Oxford 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558389